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I'm looking for a good example of a quest that has an NPC shout something periodically. Can someone suggest one to look at?

Thanks.

This is a pretty basic example:

Code:

sub EVENT_SPAWN {

        quest::settimer("repeat", 60); // First trigger after 60 seconds

}



sub EVENT_TIMER {

        if ($timer eq "repeat") {

                quest::stoptimer("repeat");

                quest::shout("I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!");

                quest::settimer("repeat", 60); // Keep repeating every 60 seconds

        }

}

Zone Reset Quest on a Timer can be useful as a general reference, but the idea is to clear the timer & restart it. You could also use quest::ChooseRandom to make the repeated text a little more random (90 seconds vs 60, etc):

Code:

quest::settimer("repeat", quest::ChooseRandom(60, 60, 90));

That would give a little better odds for it to take 60 seconds, but sometimes take 90 seconds.

Another cool thing is that you can change quest::shout to quest::shout2, and it will shout across ALL zones.

Hope this does what you're looking for.

You can find examples of this and many other quest examples in GeorgeS' quest tool from his website.

http://66.159.225.58/eqemu/eq.html

Just a quick note... If you don't stop the timer when it triggers, you don't have to reset it. So the code for that can be even shorter:

Code:

sub EVENT_SPAWN {

        quest::settimer("repeat", 60); // First trigger after 60 seconds, and every 60 seconds after

}



sub EVENT_TIMER {

        if ($timer eq "repeat") {

                quest::shout("I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!");

        }

}

Quote:

Originally Posted by So_1337 (Post 145945)

Just a quick note... If you don't stop the timer when it triggers, you don't have to reset it. So the code for that can be even shorter:

Code:

sub EVENT_SPAWN {

        quest::settimer("repeat", 60); // First trigger after 60 seconds, and every 60 seconds after

}



sub EVENT_TIMER {

        if ($timer eq "repeat") {

                quest::shout("I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!");

        }

}

Awesome this will help me finish up Corun in Surefall.